Over the past 14 years MgB2 has gone from a startling discovery to a promising, applied superconductor. In this article we present a brief overview of the synthesis and the basic superconducting properties of this remarkable compound. In particular, the effects of pressure, substitutions and neutron irradiation on superconducting properties are discussed.
@article{arxiv.1501.06948,
title = {Superconductivity of magnesium diboride},
author = {Sergey L. Bud'ko and Paul C. Canfield},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.06948},
year = {2015}
}
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accepted for publication in Physica C, Special Issue on Superconducting Materials